[Hallicrafters] sp-600 RF Choke question
W4QG
w4qg at cfl.rr.com
Sat Apr 2 12:47:48 EST 2005
Hello All,
I am in the process of restorring/repairing a SP-600-JX.
During my debug of the circuitry I've discovered that the blocking
choke for V2 (2nd RF amplifier) is open. (L14) - (No voltage at V2 pin 5).
I am no expert at all on RF chokes, do I need to worry about the Q of my
replacement choke? I found a 100uH choke in the junk box, can I get by with
any choke with simular inductance? I'm somewhat concerned that L14 opened
up, I would have thought that choke would be a very low failure component. I
have looked around the adjacent circuitry in the RF deck and I haven't
found any other faulted components. I did see some scoring on the switch
contacts associated with V2 that enguage the tuning assemblies. I did not
see that scoring on any of the other switch contacts. This rig has already
had 90% of the Black Beautys replaced before I even started on it.
Anyone have any suggestions?
73,
Paul W4QG
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